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Originally posted by RawAlex
Quite simply, the law as written raises the bar too high, and makes it likely that adults wanting to see legal adult material would have it blocked, and as such, free speech would be restricted. Not just for porn, but for material of sexual education, breast cancer, plastic surgery (can't show or openly discuss breasts or buttocks), STDs, or any number of other "adult" but not illegal subjects.
As I have posted before, there shoudl be two VERY simple laws passed for the internet:
1 - A law should be written to state that the internet and other online services are deemed to be "adult" areas. Similar to a NC-17 rated film, you cannot access the internet unless accompanies by an adult.
2 - a .KIDS domain registry should be created, maintained by a non-profit organization that would be responsible to register domains and assure that the companies operating in these areas were in fact "kid friendly", including assuring that privacy rights laws are respected, perhpas by requring a bond or other performance assurance before the domain is issued.
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3 Points. The bar is not set too high. The problem lies in the fact free information websites don't want to ask for a credit card so graphic information can be viewed. COPA does not ban artistic nudity (offline for example, who didn't look at National Geographic for the nudie pictures), but there needs to be a system in place to prevent minors from accessing info.
Law 1 - are you kidding?
Law 2 - .Kids, while in theory is a good idea, brings in the same free speech focus. Who will decide what is good for US children versus French children? .XXX makes more sense (akin to keeping offline properties in undesirable locations like near the airport), but even then we will bitch about which content should be able to have .com and which .xxx.
All we are doing is being reactive. For once in our lives, can we be proactive and do something remotely right by saying we do not want minors as customers? And if you tell me minors don't have credit cards, keep on beliving in passing an NC-17 law for the internet.